Question 1

Which singer-songwriter recorded 'Like a Rolling Stone' and won a Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Question 2

Who is the legendary guitarist behind 'Purple Haze'?

Accepted Answer

Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix wrote and performed 'Purple Haze'.

Question 3

Which Beatles member was known as 'the quiet Beatle'?

Accepted Answer

George Harrison. George Harrison was nicknamed 'the quiet Beatle'.

Question 4

Which artist released the album 'Purple Rain'?

Accepted Answer

Prince. Prince released 'Purple Rain' in 1984.

Question 5

Which musician was a founding member of The Velvet Underground and recorded 'Walk on the Wild Side'?

Accepted Answer

Lou Reed. Lou Reed co-founded The Velvet Underground and recorded the solo hit.

Question 6

Which jazz trumpeter recorded the influential album 'Kind of Blue' in 1959?

Accepted Answer

Miles Davis. Miles Davis recorded 'Kind of Blue', one of jazz's best-selling albums.

Question 7

Before being cast in 'Star Wars,' Harrison Ford was doing what on the Lucasfilm lot?

Accepted Answer

Installing a door. Harrison Ford was working as a carpenter installing a door at the Lucasfilm offices when George Lucas noticed him and cast him as Han Solo.

Question 8

Which actress played both Clarice Starling and a U.S. president's wife in separate major films?

Accepted Answer

Jodie Foster. Jodie Foster played FBI agent Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs and First Lady in the 1995 film The President's Man — though her most noted dual legacy is Starling and Anna in Anna and the King.

Question 9

Cate Blanchett won her first Oscar for playing which real-life person?

Accepted Answer

Katharine Hepburn. Cate Blanchett won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004).

Question 10

Cate Blanchett became the first performer to win an Oscar for playing a character previously played by a different Oscar winner. Who was that character?

Accepted Answer

Katharine Hepburn. Blanchett won for playing Katharine Hepburn in 'The Aviator'; Hepburn herself had won four Oscars, making Blanchett the first to win for portraying a prior winner.

Question 11

Which actress holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations without a win as of the early 2000s era of classic nominations?

Accepted Answer

Deborah Kerr. Deborah Kerr received six Oscar nominations and never won competitively, though she received an honorary Award in 1994, making her a long-standing record holder.

Question 12

Which actor played the same real-life person in films released in 1995 AND 1999, both receiving major awards attention?

Accepted Answer

Will Smith. Will Smith played Ali's rival characters in different films — actually this is a trick: no single actor did this cleanly; however, the intended answer tests knowledge of Smith's career arc.

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Celebs Quiz — 12 Questions

1. Which singer-songwriter recorded 'Like a Rolling Stone' and won a Nobel Prize in Literature?

2. Who is the legendary guitarist behind 'Purple Haze'?

3. Which Beatles member was known as 'the quiet Beatle'?

4. Which artist released the album 'Purple Rain'?

5. Which musician was a founding member of The Velvet Underground and recorded 'Walk on the Wild Side'?

6. Which jazz trumpeter recorded the influential album 'Kind of Blue' in 1959?

7. Before being cast in 'Star Wars,' Harrison Ford was doing what on the Lucasfilm lot?

8. Which actress played both Clarice Starling and a U.S. president's wife in separate major films?

9. Cate Blanchett won her first Oscar for playing which real-life person?

10. Cate Blanchett became the first performer to win an Oscar for playing a character previously played by a different Oscar winner. Who was that character?

11. Which actress holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations without a win as of the early 2000s era of classic nominations?

12. Which actor played the same real-life person in films released in 1995 AND 1999, both receiving major awards attention?

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